The effectiveness of control structure diagrams in source code comprehension activities

• Published in: IEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 463 - 477
• Main Authors: Hendrix, D., Cross, J.H., Maghsoodloo, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.05.2002; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Algorithms; Automation; Cognitive models; Computer graphics; Computer programming; Computer programs; Computer science; Data visualization; Experiments; Performance evaluation; Reading; Software; Software engineering; Software libraries; Source code; Statistical analysis; Students; Tasks; Visualization

Recently, the first two in a series of planned comprehension experiments were performed to measure the effect of the control structure diagram (CSD) on program comprehensibility. Upper- and lower-division computer science and software engineering students were asked to respond to questions regarding...